.270 too light for elk?
11-27-2006, 05:21 PM
#22
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NW Arkansas
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RE: .270 too light for elk?
ORIGINAL: younggun243
Brutal, how about we all drop it? His question has been answered already, and this thread doesn't need to become something that the title doesn't advertise.
Let's let go.
Brutal, how about we all drop it? His question has been answered already, and this thread doesn't need to become something that the title doesn't advertise.
Let's let go.
11-27-2006, 05:33 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
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RE: .270 too light for elk?
ORIGINAL: James B
All I can add is that there are a hell of a lot of dead elk who wish the 270 was not enough gun.
All I can add is that there are a hell of a lot of dead elk who wish the 270 was not enough gun.
11-28-2006, 10:16 AM
#28
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2003
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RE: .270 too light for elk?
The 270-winchester with premium bullets will do the job. Premium bulletsto consider areBarnes-X, Swift A-Frame, Nosler Partition &Trophy Bonded Bearclaw. I recommend premium bullets for ALL calibers whenused forelk hunting.
I recommend a larger caliber rifle for a elk rifle. You need to look at buying another rifle as a good thing. If you buy another rifle for elk hunting? You can always use the larger rifle as a back-up rifle when deer hunting.
My top three elk rifles picks are 300-win mag, 338-win mag & 340-Weatherby.
good luck,
wk
I recommend a larger caliber rifle for a elk rifle. You need to look at buying another rifle as a good thing. If you buy another rifle for elk hunting? You can always use the larger rifle as a back-up rifle when deer hunting.
My top three elk rifles picks are 300-win mag, 338-win mag & 340-Weatherby.
good luck,
wk
11-28-2006, 02:22 PM
#29
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Calgary
Posts: 194
RE: .270 too light for elk?
ORIGINAL: rather_be_huntin
The problem is MO-KS_hunter is that the guys that have had negative experiences or that do think the .270 is too light for elk won't respond to this post. We've been driven into the "closet" on the subject because the other side of the argument REFUSE to listen to anything at all negative about the .270.
The problem is MO-KS_hunter is that the guys that have had negative experiences or that do think the .270 is too light for elk won't respond to this post. We've been driven into the "closet" on the subject because the other side of the argument REFUSE to listen to anything at all negative about the .270.
As an aside, my buddy's older brother shot a 3x3 whitetail on the weekend with his .338 magnum (right in the ribs) and I was not impressed with the amount of damage. Looked similar to 30/06 and 270 rib cage wounds that I've seen many times before. He was shooting a 185 grain Barnes TSX and stopped it in it's trackes. Just reporting field data from the weekend...
11-28-2006, 05:21 PM
#30
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Nocona, Texas
Posts: 248
RE: .270 too light for elk?
I too said no more to entering this fray.....and yet.....
In answer to your "original" post......you don't have to buy a new gun and use a premium bullet if available to you.
All the other "stuff" is fluff. The key....know your limitations as a shooter and the limitations of the caliber, and you will do well.
Now were you to be asking the question "what new gun would be good for elk", I would give you a slightly different answer .........and remember that free advice is worth what you pay for it in most cases!!!!
In answer to your "original" post......you don't have to buy a new gun and use a premium bullet if available to you.
All the other "stuff" is fluff. The key....know your limitations as a shooter and the limitations of the caliber, and you will do well.
Now were you to be asking the question "what new gun would be good for elk", I would give you a slightly different answer .........and remember that free advice is worth what you pay for it in most cases!!!!